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"STOP THE CUTS" pamphlet by Paul Foot. pars seren. ricing the vietna ered cose.

Him. mg... Regior 1822 20 000 Eve Servans, march searer• Some of the many faces of IS emphasis] a willingness to fight tr restore the cuts by mobilising th interest and strength of the peopl most affected by them • th working people". (p21).

So, after a whole chapter ol "Why Can't Labour Help Us?" Foot extends a completely uncrit ical hand of welcome to Nationalis and Liberal supporters, not utterin; a word on the fact that these ar reactionary capitalist parties!

Presumably only diplomatic tac prevents Foot widening the gues list to embrace "progressive" Tories!

The answer is not as Foot ani the IS would have us believe simply to get everyone together am get more militant and hope ti pressure the Labour and tradi union bureaucracy.

ENUCATE The arswer is to educate thi broadest possible layer of worker. to recognise the daily treachery o: the bureaucracy through the fight for a programme of transitiona demands leading from today: conditions and today's conscious ness to the struggle for the socialist This booklet by Foot should therefore be studied as a prime example of how the IS help tc strengthen the bureaucracy.

The bombastic title "Stop the "uts" should be sub-titled "Starl the Talk"

be in the union's favour, the company closed down the project that the freelance workers were working on and sacked them -along with two permanent members of staff, the MOC and another NUJ member.

The sacked workers are now picketing the company's offices in Percy St., Wi and demanding reinstatement and six months security of tenure while the union is recognised and renegotiates wages and conditions.

The company's only answer so far is to offer two weeks security and this has been rejected.

James Press is indirectly owned by Mac Millan, one of the biggest publishers in Britain.

The Book Branch is therefore urging the NUJ executive to call out their members in MacMillan. This is clearly an essential next step since the struggle cannot be won by the St. James Press Chapel alone.

Many messages of support have been received.

The Book Branch's own publicity states that defeat in this struggle would severely weaken the branch's ability to defend its members jobs in a period of very high unemployment.

Conversely a victory would give a boost to union recruitment in the book industry and prepare for much bigger struggles which mill undoubtedly come.

Messages of suppor iNSt donations should be sezI Io lanes Press Dispate Fond Gri Pria